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Alpha-lipoic Acid
Antioxidants
Arthritis
Asthma
Blood Pressure
Bone Density
Bone Formation
Breast Cancer
Cancer
Cardiovascular
Cardiovascular Disease & Waist-hip Ratio
Cataracts
Cholesterol
Coenzyme Q10
C-reactive Protein & its association to Insulin Resistance
C-reactive Protein, inflammation
C-reactive Protein, pain
C-reactive Protein Reduced Healing
Dementia
Depression
Diabetes
Diet
Exercise
Fat Loss
Folic Acid
Fructose
Ginkgo Biloba
Glucoseamine
Gout
Green Tea
Happiness
Hyperactivity
Inflammation as it relates to Bone Loss
Inflammation as it relates to Cardiovascular Disease
Inflammation, Weight & Fat Distribution
Inflammation, Weight & Fat Distribution (Pediatrics)
Insulin Resistance
Iron
Liposuction doesn’t provide the same benefits as Weight Loss
Lumbar Disc Degeneration
Macular Degeneration
Magnesium
Manganese
Memory
Metabolic Syndrome
Multiple Sclerosis
Nonfasting Triglycerides
Nut Consumption
Omega 3, Fish Oil
Osteoarthritis
Parkinson’s Disease
Prostate Cancer
Red Yeast Rice
Resveratrol
Sleep
Sodium
Soy
Sports Performance
Vitamin B
Vitamin B12
Vitamin D
Vitamin E
Waist Circumference
Weight Loss
Zinc

Alpha-lipoic Acid:

Increased ROS generation and p53 activation in alpha-lipoic acid-induced apoptosis of hepatoma cells.
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Alpha-lipoic acid induces apoptosis in hepatoma cells via the PTEN/Akt pathway.
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Oral treatment with alpha-lipoic acid improves symptomatic diabetic polyneuropathy: the SYDNEY 2 trial.
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Alpha-lipoic acid as a biological antioxidant.
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Alpha-lipoic acid treatment decreases serum lactate and pyruvate concentrations and improves glucose effectiveness in lean and obese patients with type 2 diabetes.
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Oral administration of RAC-alpha-lipoic acid modulates insulin sensitivity in patients with type-2 diabetes mellitus: a placebo-controlled pilot trial.
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Effects of 3-week oral treatment with the antioxidant thioctic acid (alpha-lipoic acid) in symptomatic diabetic polyneuropathy.
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The effects and mechanisms of mitochondrial nutrient alpha-lipoic acid on improving age-associated mitochondrial and cognitive dysfunction: an overview.
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Thioctic Acid and acetyl-L-carnitine in the treatment of sciatic pain caused by herniated disc: a randomized, double-blind, comparative study.
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Treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome with alpha-lipoic acid.
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Antioxidants:

Oral sulforaphane increases Phase II antioxidant enzymes in the human upper airway.
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Antioxidant intake and cognitive functions of elderly men and women: the cache county study.
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Serum concentrations of antioxidant vitamins and carotenoids are low in individuals with a history of attempted suicide.
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Activation of NF-E2-related factor-2 reverses biochemical dysfunction of endothelial cells induced by hyperglycemia linked to vascular disease.
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Arthritis:

Involvement of receptor activator of NFkappaB ligand and tumor necrosis factor-alpha in bone destruction in rheumatoid arthritis.
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The effect of individualized diet chanllenges consisting of allergic foods on TNF-alpha and IL-1beta levels in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.
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The gut-joint axis: cross reactive food antibodies in rheumatoid arthritis.
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A vegan diet free of gluten improves the signs and symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis: the effects on arthritis correlate with a reduction in antibodies to food antigens.
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Effects of a very low-fat. vegan diet in subjects with rheumatoid arthritis.
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Is rheumatoid arthritis a disease that starts in the intestine? A pilot study comparing an elemental diet with oral prednisolone.
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An experimental study of a Mediterranean diet intervention for patients with rheumatoid arthritis.
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Asthma:

Association between paracetamol use in infancy and childhood, and risk of asthma, rhinoconjunctivitis, and eczema in children aged 6-7 years: analysis from Phase Three of the ISAAC programme.
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Blood Pressure:

Sugar-sweetened beverages, serum uric acid, and blood pressure in adolescents.
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Bone Density:

 

Low bone density is an etiologic factor for stress fractures in athletes.
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Spinal bone loss in postmenopausal women supplemented with calcium and trace minerals.
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Trabecular bone density in a two year controlled trial of peroral magnesium in osteoporosis.
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Cytokines, osteoprotegerin, and RANKL in vitro and histomorphometric indices of bone turnover in patients with different bone diseases.
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A meta-analysis of impact exercise on postmenopausal bone loss: the case for mixed loading exercise programmes.
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Osteoporosis, inflammation and ageing.
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Long term effect of calcium supplementation on bone loss in perimenopausal women.
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Fat mass is negatively associated with cortical bone size in young healthy male siblings.
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Fat mass is not beneficial to bone in adolescents and young adults.
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Effect of low-repetition jump training on bone mineral density in young women.
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Bone Formation:

IL-1 mediates TNF-induced osteoclastogenesis.
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Soy isoflavone intake inhibits bone resorption and stimulates bone formation in menopausal women: meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.
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Breast Cancer:

Association between pre-diagnostic circulating vitamin D concentration and risk of colorectal cancer in European populations:a nested case-control study.
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Drinking green tea modestly reduces breast cancer risk.
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Dietary flaxseed alters tumor biological markers in postmenopausal breast cancer.
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Nutrition and breast cancer risk: can an effect via insulin resistance be demonstrated?
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[Plasma insulin, IGF-I and breast cancer]
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[Assessment of changes in levels of interleukin 6 and C reactive protein in patients with breast tumors]
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Adolescent and adult soy food intake and breast cancer risk: results from the Shandhai Women's Health Study.
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Association between Plasma 25-Hydroxyvitamin D and Breast Cancer Risk.
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Effect of physical activity on breast cancer risk: findings of the Japan collaborative cohort study.
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Physical activity and postmenopausal breast cancer:effect modification by breast cancer subtypes and effective periods in life.
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Greater survival after breast cancer in physically active women with high vegetable-fruit intake regardless of obesity.
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Prospective study of physical activity and risk of postmenopausal breast cancer.
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Cancer:

Coenzyme q10 for prevention of anthracycline-induced cardiotoxicity.
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Vitamin B6 and risk of colorectal cancer: a meta-analysis of prospective studies.
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Magnesium intake in relation to risk of colorectal cancer in women.
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High dietary intake of magnesium may decrease risk of colorectal cancer in Japanese men.
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Multi-targeted therapy of cancer by omega-3 fatty acids.
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Increased ROS generation and p53 activation in alpha-lipoic acid-induced apoptosis of hepatoma cells.
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Vitamin D for cancer prevention: global perspective.
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Activation of multiple molecular mechanisms for apoptosis in human malignant glioblastoma T98G and U87MG cells treated with sulforaphane.
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Activation of multiple molecular mechanisms for apoptosis in human malignant glioblastoma T98G and U87MG cells treated with sulforaphane.
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Chemoprotection by sulforaphane: keep one eye beyond Keap1.
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Green tea consumption and the risk of liver cancer in Japan: the Ohsaki Cohort study.
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Green tea, black tea consumption and risk of lung cancer: a meta-analysis.
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C-reactive protein and the risk of incident colorectal cancer.
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Inflammation and cancer.
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Chronic immune activation and inflammation as the cause of malignancy.
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Environmental and heritable factors in the causation of cancer--analyses of cohorts of twins from Sweden, Denmark, and Finland.
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Energy balance and cancer: the role of insulin and insulin-like growth factor-I.
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Insulin: a novel factor in carcinogenesis.
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Insulin-like growth factors and cancer.
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Nutrition, insulin, insulin-like growth factors and cancer.
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Activation of multiple molecular mechanisms for apoptosis in human malignant glioblastoma T98G and U87MG cells treated with sulforaphane.
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Sulforaphane causes autophagy to inhibit release of cytochrome C and apoptosis in human prostate cancer cells.
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Chemoprotection by sulforaphane: keep one eye beyond Keap1.
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Potent activation of mitochondria-mediated apoptosis and arrest in S and M phases of cancer cells by a broccoli sprout extract.
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Sulforaphane-stimulated phase II enzyme induction inhibits cytokine production by airway epithelial cells stimulated with diesel extract.
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Fasting serum glucose level and cancer risk in Korean men and women.
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Green tea and risk of breast cancer in Asian Americans.
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Magnesium intake and reduced risk of colon cancer in a prospective study of women.
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Calcium from Diet and Supplements is Associated With Reduced Risk of Colorectal Cancer in a Prospective Cohort of Women
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Effect of flaxseed consumption on urinary estrogen metabolites in postmenopausal women.
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Assessment of changes in levels of interleukin 6 and C reactive protein in patients with breast tumors
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C-reactive protein and the risk of incident colorectal cancer.
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Chronic immune activation and inflammation as the cause of malignancy.
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Inflammation and cancer.
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Insulin and cancer.
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Dietary patterns and breast cancer risk in the Shanghai breast cancer study.
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Fruit and vegetable consumption and lung cancer risk: updated information from the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC).
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Dietary patterns and risk of dementia: the Three-City cohort study.
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Dietary Patterns and Risk of Incident Gastric Adenocarcinoma.
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A prospective study of dietary flavonoid intake and incidence of epithelial ovarian cancer.
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Dietary fiber intake and risk of postmenopausal breast cancer defined by estrogen and progesterone receptor status--a prospective cohort study among Swedish women.
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Personal care products that contain estrogens or xenoestrogens may increase breast cancer risk.
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Diet and risk of multiple myeloma in Conneticut women.
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Dietary Patterns and the risk of Barrett's Esophagus.
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A protective effect of the Mediterranean diet for cutaneous melanoma.
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Cardiovascular:

Use of serum homocysteine to predict stroke, coronary heart disease and death in ethnic Chinese. 12-year prospective cohort study.
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Sweetened beverage consumption and risk of coronary heart disease in women.
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Association between plasma homocysteine concentrations and extracranial carotid-artery stenosis.
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Leukocyte count as a predictor of cardiovascular events and mortality in postmenopausal women: the Women's Health Initiative Observational Study.
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Serum lipid response to the graduated enrichment of a Step I diet with almonds: a randomized feeding trial.
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Fish intake is associated with a reduced progression of coronary artery atherosclerosis in postmenopausal women with coronary artery disease.
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Association between plasma homocysteine concentrations and extracranial carotid-artery stenosis.
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Macadamia nut consumption lowers plasma total and LDL cholesterol levels in hypercholesterolemic men.
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Dose response of almonds on coronary heart disease risk factors: blood lipids, oxidized low-density lipoproteins, lipoprotein(a), homocysteine, and pulmonary nitric oxide: a randomized, controlled, crossover trial.
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Dietary carbohydrates, glycemic load and serum high-density lipoprotein cholesterol concentrations among South Indian adults.
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Dietary fiber intake and retinal vascular caliber in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study.
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Blood Pressure and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease in Chinese Men and Women.
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Fasting Blood Glucose: An Underestimated Risk Factor for Cardiovascular Death
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Cardiovascular Disease and Waist-hip Ratio:

Waist circumference, waist-hip ratio and body mass index and their correlation with cardiovascular disease risk factors in Australian adults.
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Waist-hip ratio is the dominant risk factor predicting cardiovascular death in Australia.
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Cardiometabolic risk: a Framingham perspective.
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Abdominal and total adiposity and risk of coronary heart disease in men.
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Cataracts:

Prospective study showing that dietary vitamin C reduced the risk of age-related cataracts in a middle-aged Japanese population.
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The relationship between antioxidant nutrient intake and cataracts in older people.
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Antioxidant nutrient intake and the long-term incidence of age-related cataract: the Blue Mountains Eye Study.
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Cholesterol:

Chronic intake of potato chips in humans increases the production of reactive oxygen radicals by leukocytes and increases plasma C-reactive protein: a pilot study.
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Coenzyme Q10:

Usefulness of coenzyme Q10 in clinical cardiology: a long-term study.
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Lovastatin decreases coenzyme Q levels in humans.
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Antifatigue effects of coenzyme Q10 during physical fatigue.
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C-reactive protein and its association to Insulin resistance:

C-reactive protein is independently associated with fasting insulin in nondiabetic women.
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C-reactive protein concentrations are related to insulin resistance and metabolic syndrome as defined by the ATP III report.
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Diet and C-reactive protein.
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Association between C-reactive protein and insulin resistance in a Japanese population: the Minoh Study.
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Effect of sleep loss on C-reactive protein, an inflammatory marker of cardiovascular risk.
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C-reactive Protein, Inflammation:

High-sensitivity analysis of serum C-reactive protein in young patients with lumbar disc herniation.
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Low Magnesium Linked to Elevated CRP Level
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Relation of dietary fat and fiber to elevation of C-reactive protein.
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C-reactive protein, pain:

Severity and extent of osteoarthritis and low grade systemic inflammation as assessed by high sensitivity C reactive protein.
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C-reactive protein reduced healing:

Relationship between serum hsCRP concentration and biochemical bone turnover markers in healthy pre- and postmenopausal women.
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High-sensitivity analysis of serum C-reactive protein in young patients with lumbar disc herniation.
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Dementia:

Homocysteine and folate as risk factors for dementia and Alzheimer disease.
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Homocysteine, folate, and vitamin B-12 in mild cognitive impairment, Alzheimer disease, and vascular dementia.
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Depression:

Homocysteine and B vitamins relate to brain volume and white-matter changes in geriatric patients with psychiatric disorders.
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Relationship of homocysteine, folic acid and vitamin B12 with depression in a middle-aged community sample.
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Association between depressive symptoms and serum concentrations of homocysteine in men: a population study.
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High omega-6 and low omega-3 fatty acids are associated with depressive symptoms and neuroticism.
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Diabetes:

Fructose, insulin resistance, and metabolic dyslipidemia.
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Sugar-sweetened beverages, weight gain, and incidence of type 2 diabetes in young and middle-aged women.
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Quantitation of muscle glycogen synthesis in normal subjects and subjects with non-insulin-dependent diabetes by 13C nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy.
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Effect of flaxseed gum on reduction of blood glucose and cholesterol in type 2 diabetic patients.
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Effect on progression from impaired glucose tolerance to diabetes on cardiovascular risk factors and its amelioration by lifestyle and Metformin intervention: the Diabetes Prevention Program randomized trial by the Diabetes Prevention Program Research Group.
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Comparison of abdominal adiposity and overall obesity in predicting risk of type 2 diabetes among men.
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A high carbohydrate leguminous fibre diet improves all aspects of diabetic control.
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Fructose and insulin sensitivity in patients with type 2 diabetes.
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Dietary cis-monounsaturated fatty acids and metabolic control in type 2 diabetes.
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Intake of fruit, vegetables, and fruit juices and risk of diabetes in women.
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Diet:

Supplementation with flaxseed alters estrogen metabolism in postmenopausal women to a greater extent than does supplementation with an equal amount of soy.
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International tables of glycemic index.
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Diet and cancer in Mediterranean countries: carbohydrates and fats.
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Conformity to traditional Mediterranean diet and cancer incidence: the Greek EPIC cohort.
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Mediterranean-style dietary pattern, reduced risk of metabolic syndrome traits, and incidence in the Framingham Offspring Cohort.
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Adherence to a Mediterranean diet and survival in a Greek population.
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Mediterranean diet and mild cognitive impairment.
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Physical activity, diet, and risk of Alzheimer disease.
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Sugar-sweetened beverages and incidence of type 2 diabetes mellitus in African American women.
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Dietary sugars stimulate fatty acid synthesis in adults.
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A dietary pattern rich in olive oil and raw vegetables is associated with lower mortality in Italian elderly subjects.
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Effect of a mediterranean-style diet on endothelial dysfunction and markers of vascular inflammation in the metabolic syndrome: a randomized trial.
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From beans to berries and beyond: teamwork between plant chemicals for protection of optimal human health.
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Weight Loss with a Low-Carbohydrate, Mediterranean, or Low-Fat Diet
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Eating meals irregularly: a novel environmental risk factor for the metabolic syndrome.
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Fruit and vegetable intake and mortality from cardiovascular disease are inversely associated in Japanese women but not in men.
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Dietary patterns and risk of mortality from cardiovascular disease, cancer, and all causes in a prospective cohort of women.
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Meat intake and mortality: a prospective study of over half a million people.
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Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet Is Associated with Lower Abdominal Adiposity in European Men and Women.
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Exercise:

Activation of AMP kinase enhances sensitivity of muscle glucose transport to insulin.
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Eccentric exercise induces transient insulin resistance in healthy individuals.
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Sprint interval and traditional endurance training induce similar improvements in peripheral arterial stiffness and flow-mediated dilation in healthy humans
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Similar metabolic adaptations during exercise after low volume sprint interval and traditional endurance training in humans.
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Extremely short duration high intensity interval training substantially improves insulin action in young healthy males.
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Physical activity as medication against arthrosis--training has a positive effect on the cartilage
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Positive effects of moderate exercise on glycosaminoglycan content in knee cartilage: a four-month, randomized, controlled trial in patients at risk of osteoarthritis.
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Oxidative stress levels are reduced in postmenopausal women with exercise training regardless of hormone replacement therapy status.
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Effect of physical activity on menopausal symptoms among urban women.
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Reduced disability and mortality among aging runners: a 21-year longitudinal study.
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Caloric restriction but not exercise-induced reductions in fat mass decrease plasma triiodothyronine concentrations: a randomized controlled trial.
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The influence of resistance and aerobic exercise on hunger, circulating levels of acylated ghrelin and peptide YY in healthy males.
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Fat Loss:

Effects of a low-glycemic load diet on resting energy expenditure and heart disease risk factors during weight loss.
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Five-week, low-glycemic index diet decreases total fat mass and improves plasma lipid profile in moderately overweight nondiabetic men.
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Folic Acid:

Folic Acid, Pyridoxine, and Cyanocobalamin Combination Treatment and Age-Related Macular Degeneration in Women
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Fructose:

Consumption of high-fructose corn syrup in beverages may play a role in the epidemic of obesity.
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Ginkgo Biloba:

Effectiveness of oral Ginkgo biloba in treating limited, slowly spreading vitiligo.
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No alteration in platelet function or coagulation induced by EGb761 in a controlled study.
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Glucoseamine:

Total joint replacement after glucosamine sulphate treatment in knee osteoarthritis: results of a mean 8-year observation of patients from two previous 3-year, randomised, placeobo-controlled trials.
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Glucoseamine sulfate use and delay of progression of knee osteoarthritis. A 3-year, randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind study.
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Long-term effects of glucoseamine sulfate on osteoarthritis progression: a randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial.
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The effect of glucosamine and/or chondroitin sulfate on the progression of knee osteoarthritis: a report from the glucosamine/chondroitin arthritis intervention trial.
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Glucosamine, chondroitin sulfate, and the two in combination for painful knee osteoarthritis.
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Gout:

Soft Drinks, fructose consumption, and the risk of gout in men: prospective cohort study.
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Green Tea:

Green tea polyphenol epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG) differentially inhibits interleukin-1 beta-induced expression of matrix metalloproteinase-1 and -13 in human chondrocytes.

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Epigallocatechin-3-gallate selectively inhibits interleukin-1beta-induced activation of mitogen activated protein kinase subgroup c-Jun N-terminal kinase in human osteoarthritis chondrocytes.

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Epigallocatechin-3-gallate and postprandial fat oxidation in overweight/obese male volunteers: a pilot study.

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Epigallocatechin-3-gallate inhibits interleukin-1beta-induced expression of nitric oxide synthase and production of nitric oxide in human chondrocytes: suppression of nuclear factor kappaB activation by degradation of the inhibitor of nuclear factor kappaB.

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Tea Polyphenols Decrease Serum Levels of Prostate-Specific Antigen, Hepatocyte Growth Factor, and Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor in Prostate Cancer Patients and Inhibit Production of Hepatocyte Growth Factor and Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor In vitro.

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A case-control study on green tea consumption and the risk of adult leukemia.
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A major constituent of green tea, EGCG, inhibits the growth of a human cervical cancer cell line, CaSki cells, through apoptosis, G(1) arrest, and regulation of gene expression.
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Happiness:

Dynamic spread of happiness in a large social network: longitudinal analysis over 20 years in the Framingham Heart Study.
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Hyperactivity:

Food additives and hyperactive behaviour in 3-year-old and 8/9-year-old children in the community: a randomised, double-blinded, placebo-controlled trial.
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Inflammation as it Relates to Bone Loss:

Assessing periarticular bone mineral density in patients with early psoriatic arthritis or rheumatoid arthritis.
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Changes in bone density in patients with ankylosing spondylitis: a two-year follow-up study.
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Effects of inflammation and treatment on bone turnover and bone mass in polymyalgia rheumatica.
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Inflammation as it Relates to Cardiovascular Disease

The metabolic syndrome and insulin resistance: relationship to haemostatic and inflammatory markers in older non-diabetic men.
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Diet and C-reactive protein.
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Dietary fatty acids affect plasma markers of inflammation in healthy men fed controlled diets: a randomized crossover study.
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Relation of dietary fat and fiber to elevation of C-reactive protein.
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Age-related inflammatory cytokines and disease.
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Prospective study of high-sensitivity C-reactive protein as a determinant of mortality: results from MONICA/KORA Augsburg Cohort study, 1984-1998
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C-reactive protein and other markers of inflammation in the prediction of cardiovascular disease in women.
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Distribution and correlates of C-reactive protein concentrations among adult US women.
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Prospective study of C-reactive protein and the risk of future cardiovascular events among apparently healthy women.
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Relation between a diet with a high glycemic load and plasma concentrations of high-sensitivity C-reactive protein in middle-aged women.
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The metabolic syndrome: an emerging health epidemic in women.
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Clinical study: obesity, diabetes, and heart disease
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Sleep loss activates inflammatory signaling
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Inflammation, Weight and Fat Distribution:

Elevated C-reactive protein levels in overweight and obese adults.
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Relationship of total and abdominal adiposity with CRP and IL-6 in women.
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Adherence to a Mediterranean diet and survival in a Greek population.
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Diet and C-reactive protein.
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C-reactive protein and other markers of inflammation in the prediction of cardiovascular disease in women.
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High-insulinogenic nutrition--an etiologic factor for obesity and the metabolic syndrome?
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Inflammation, Weight and Fat Distribution(Pediatrics):

Clinical and biochemical manifestations of syndrome X in obese children.
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Dietary fiber, weight gain, and cardiovascular disease risk factors in young adults.
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Elevation of serum C-reactive protein levels is associated with obesity in boys.
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High glycemic index foods, overeating, and obesity.
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Low glycemic index breakfasts and reduced food intake in preadolescent children.
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Obesity and the metabolic syndrome in children and adolescents.
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Prolongation of satiety after low versus moderately high glycemic index meals in obese adolescents.
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Insulin Resistance:

Fructose, insulin resistance, and metabolic dyslipidemia.
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C-reactive protein is independently associated with fasting insulin in nondiabetic women.
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The metabolic syndrome and insulin resistance: relationship to haemostatic and inflammatory markers in older non-diabetic men.
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Nutrition, insulin, insulin-like growth factors and cancer.
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Extremely short duration high intensity interval training substantially improves insulin action in young healthy males.
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Mitochondrial dysfunction in the elderly: possible role in insulin resistance.
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Fructose consumption as a risk factor for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.
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Iron:

Body iron stores in relation to risk of type 2 diabetes in apparently healthy women.
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Liposuction does not provide the same benefits as weight loss:

Absence of an effect of liposuction on insulin action and risk factors for coronary heart disease.
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Lumbar disc degeneration:

Disc degeneration of the lumbar spine in relation to overweight.
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Risk factors for lumbar disc degeneration: a 5-year prospective MRI study in asymptomatic individuals.
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Macular Degeneration:

Does eating particular diets alter the risk of age-related macular degeneration in users of the Age-Related Eye Disease Study supplements?
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Dietary compound score and risk of age-related macular degeneration in the age-related eye disease study.
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The relationship of dietary lipid intake and age-related macular degeneration in a case-control study: AREDS Report No. 20.
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Dietary glycemic index and carbohydrate in relation to early age-related macular degeneration.
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Cigarette smoking, fish consumption, omega-3 fatty acid intake, and associations with age-related macular degeneration: the US Twin Study of Age-Related Macular Degeneration.
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Associations between intermediate age-related macular degeneration and lutein and zeaxanthin in the Carotenids in Age-related Eye Disease Study (CAREDS): ancillary study of the Women's Health Initiative.
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Plasma lutein and zeaxanthin and other carotenids as modifiable risk factors for age-related maculopathy and cataract: the POLA Study.
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Dietary intake of antioxidants and risk of age-related macular degeneration.
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Magnesium:

Magnesium supplementation and osteoporosis.
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Magnesium intake, C-reactive protein, and the prevalence of metabolic syndrome in middle-aged and older U.S. women.
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Magnesium intake and incidence of metabolic syndrome among young adults.
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Low serum magnesium levels and metabolic syndrome.
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Intracellular magnesium and insulin resistance.
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Magnesium in cardiovascular and other disorders.
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Role of magnesium in insulin action, diabetes and cardio-metabolic syndrome X.
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Magnesium deficiency produces insulin resistance and increased thromboxane synthesis.
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Intracellular magnesium and insulin resistance.
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Hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and insulin resistance: the role of intracellular magnesium.
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Daily magnesium supplements improve glucose handling in elderly subjects.
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Alteration of myocardial mechanics in marginal magnesium deficiency.
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Low magnesium and atherosclerosis: an evidence-based link.
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Low magnesium promotes endothelial cell dysfunction: implications for atherosclerosis, inflammation and thrombosis.
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Long-term effect of magnesium consumption on the risk of symptomatic gallstone disease among men.
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Manganese:

In vivo architecture of the manganese superoxide dismutase promoter.
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Memory:

Low HDL cholesterol is a risk factor for deficit and decline in memory in midlife: the Whitehall II study
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Metabolic Syndrome:

Sprint interval and traditional endurance training induce similar improvements in peripheral arterial stiffness and flow-mediated dilation in healthy humans.
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Similar metabolic adaptations during exercise after low volume sprint interval and traditional endurance training in humans.
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Intake of dietary magnesium and the prevalence of the metabolic syndrome among the U.S. adults.
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Magnesium intake and incidence of metabolic syndrome among young adults.
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Multiple Sclerosis:

Association of vitamin D metabolite levels with relapse rate and disability in multiple sclerosis.
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Nonfasting Triglycerides:

Nonfasting triglycerides and risk of ischemic stroke in the general population.
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Nut Consumption:

Frequent nut consumption and decreased risk of cholecystectomy in women.
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A monounsaturated fatty acid-rich pecan-enriched diet favorably alters the serum lipid profile of healthy men and women.
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Nut consumption and body weight.
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Omega 3, Fish Oil:

An inverse relationship between plasma n-3 fatty acids and C-reactive protein in healthy individuals.
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Ethyl-eicosapentaenoic acid for the treatment of psychological distress and depressive symptoms in middle-aged women: a double-blind, placebo- controlled, randomized clinical trial.
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Fat intake at midlife and cognitive impairment later in life: a population-based CAIDE study.
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Anti-stress effects of DHA.
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Red cell membrane omega-3 fatty acids are decreased in nondepressed patients with social anxiety disorder.
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Fatty acid composition in major depression: decreased omega 3 fractions in cholesteryl esters and increased C20: 4 omega 6/C20:5 omega 3 ratio in cholesteryl esters and phospholipids.
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Lowered omega3 polyunsaturated fatty acids in serum phospholipids and cholesteryl esters of depressed patients.
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Omega-3 polyunsaturated essential fatty acid status as a predictor of future suicide risk.
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Cognitive and physiological effects of Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid supplementation in healthy subjects.
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Dietary fatty acids and immune reactions in synovial tissue.
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Dietary fish oil decreases C-reactive protein, interleukin-6, and triacylglycerol to HDL-cholesterol ratio in postmenopausal women on HRT.
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Omega-3 fatty acids (fish oil) as an anti-inflammatory: an alternative to nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs for discogenic pain.
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Relationship of plasma polyunsaturated fatty acids to circulating inflammatory markers.
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Fish oil supplementation reduces severity of exercise-induced bronchoconstriction in elite athletes.
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Effects of modulation of inflammatory and immune parameters in patients with rheumatic and inflammatory disease receiving dietary supplementation of n-3 and n-6 fatty acids.
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Effects of high-dose fish oil on rheumatoid arthritis after stopping nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs. Clinical and immune correlates.
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Dietary fish oil and olive oil supplementation in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Clinical and immunologic effects.
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Dietary supplementation with fish oil in ulcerative colitis.
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Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of fish oil and mustard oil in patients with suspected acute myocardial infarction: the Indian experiment of infarct survival.
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Fish consumption and the 30-year risk of fatal myocardial infarction.
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Effects of changes in fat, fish, and fibre intakes on death and myocardial reinfarction: diet and reinfarction trial (DART).
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Dietary polyunsaturated fatty acids and depression: when cholesterol does not satisfy.
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Arachidonic acid to eicosapentaenoic acid ratio in blood correlates positively with clinical symptoms of depression.
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Treatment for 2 mo with n 3 polyunsaturated fatty acids reduces aidposity and some atherogenic factors but does not improve insulin sensitivity in women with type 2 diabetes: a randomized controlled study.
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Total n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid intake is inversely associated with serum C-reactive protein in young Japanese women.
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Osteoarthritis:

Relationship between bone markers and knee cartilage volume in healthy men.
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Extracellular superoxide dismutase and oxidant damage in osteoarthritis.
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Increased pentosidine, an advanced glycation end product, in serum and synovial fluid from patients with knee osteoarthritis and its relation with cartilage oligomeric matrix protein.
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Glucosamine Helps Osteoarthritis More Than Other Treatments, Study Finds
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Parkinson's Disease:

Consumption of dairy products and risk of Parkinson's
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Diet and Parkinson's disease: A potential role of dairy products in men.
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Prostate Cancer:

A 22-year prospective study of fish, n-3 fatty acid intake, and colorectal cancer risk in men.
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Sulforaphane causes autophagy to inhibit release of cytochrome C and apoptosis in human prostate cancer cells.
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Tea Polyphenols Decrease Serum Levels of Prostate-Specific Antigen, Hepatocyte Growth Factor, and Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor in Prostate Cancer Patients and Inhibit Production of Hepatocyte Growth Factor and Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor In vitro.
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Growth inhibition, cell-cycle dysregulation, and induction of apoptosis by green tea constituent (-)-epigallocatechin-3-gallate in androgen-sensitive and androgen-insensitive human prostate carcinoma cells.
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Flaxseed supplementation (not dietary fat restriction) reduces prostate cancer proliferation rates in men presurgery.
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Prostate cancer prevention by nutritional means to alleviate metabolic syndrome.
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Analyzing Serum-Stimulated Prostate Cancer Cell Lines After Low-Fat, High-Fiber Diet and Exercise Intervention.
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Prospective study of fruit and vegetable intake and risk of prostate cancer.
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Legume and isoflavone intake and prostate cancer risk: The Multiethnic Cohort Study.
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Red Yeast Rice:

Simvastatin vs therapeutic lifestyle changes and supplements: randomized primary prevention trial.
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Resveratrol:

Resveratrol improves health and survival of mice on a high-calorie diet.
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Anti-inflammatory effects of resveratrol in lung epithelial cells: molecular mechanisms.
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Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory agents differ in their ability to suppress NF-kappaB activation, inhibition of expression of cyclooxygenase-2 and cyclin D1, and abrogation of tumor cell proliferation.
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The red wine phenolics trans-resveratrol and quercetin block human platelet aggregation and eicosanoid synthesis: implications for protection against coronary heart disease.
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Resveratrol and breast cancer chemoprevention: molecular mechanisms.
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Resveratrol inhibits migration and invasion of human breast-cancer cells.
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Resveratrol inhibits cell growth in a human cholangiocarcinoma cell line.
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Candicidal action of resveratrol isolated from grapes on human pathogenic yeast C. albicans.
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High absorption but very low bioavailibility of oral resveratrol in humans.
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Methylated flavonoids have greatly improved intestinal absorption and metabolic stability.
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Methylation of dietary flavones greatly improves their hepatic metabolic stability and intestinal absorption.
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Resveratrol improves mitochondrial function and protects against metabolic disease by activating SIRT1 and PGC-1alpha.
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Sleep:

Insomnia with Objective Short Sleep Duration is Associated with a High Risk for Hypertension.
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Improved cognitive function in postmenopausal women after 12 weeks of consumption of a soya extract containing isoflavones.
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Sodium:

Effects of a low-salt diet on flow-mediated dilatation in humans.
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Soy:

Improved cognitive function in postmenopausal women after 12 weeks of consumption of a soya extract containing isoflavones.
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Sports Performance:

Effect of the glycaemic index of a pre-exercise meal on metabolism and cycling time trial performance.
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Plasma glucose levels after prolonged strenuous exercise correlate inversely with glycemic response to food consumed before exercise.
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A low glycemic index meal before exercise improves endurance running capacity in men.
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Superior endurance performance with ingestion of multiple transportable carbohydrates.
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Fluids and hydration in prolonged endurance performance.
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Independent and combined effects of liquid carbohydrate/essential amino acid ingestion on hormonal and muscular adaptations following resistance training in untrained men.
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Coingestion of protein with carbohydrate during recovery from endurance exercise stimulates skeletal muscle protein synthesis in humans.
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Combined ingestion of protein and free leucine with carbohydrate increases postexercise muscle protein synthesis in vivo in male subjects.
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ISSN exercise & sport nutrition review: research & recommendations.
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Carbohydrate-protein complex increases the rate of muscle glycogen storage after exercise.
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Vitamin B:

The effect of folate and cobalamin on osteoarthritic hands.
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Homocysteine in patients with rheumatoid arthritis in relation to inflammation and B-vitamin treatment.
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The use of B vitamin supplements and peripheral arterial disease risk in men are inversely related.
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L-folic acid supplementation in healthy postmenopausal women: effect on homocysteine and glycolipid metabolism.
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Relation between homocysteine and B-vitamin status indicators and bone mineral density in older Americans.
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Homocysteine and folate as risk factors for dementia and Alzheimer disease.
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High homocysteine and low B vitamins predict cognitive decline in aging men: the Veterans Affairs Normative Aging Study.
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Dose-dependent effects of folic acid on blood concentrations of homocysteine: a meta-analysis of the randomized trials.
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The use of B vitamin supplements and peripheral arterial disease risk in men are inversely related.
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Vitamin B12:

Vitamin B12 status and rate of brain volume loss in community dwelling elderly.
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Early response to oral cobalamin therapy in older patients with vitamin B12 deficiency.
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Vitamin D:

Benefit-risk assessment of vitamin D supplementation.
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Fracture prevention with vitamin D supplementation: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.
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Association between 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels and cognitive performance in middle-aged and older European men.
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Serum 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Concentration and Cognitive Impairment .
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The role of vitamin D and calcium in type 2 diabetes. A systematic review and meta-analysis.
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Vitamin D intake and the risk for pancreatic cancer in two cohort studies.
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Prevention of renal cell carcinoma by active vitamin D3.
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Apoptosis is induced by the active metabolite of vitamin D3 and its analogue EB1089 in colorectal adenoma and carcinoma cells: possible implications for prevention and therapy.
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Vitamin D and autoimmune disease--implications for practice from the multiple sclerosis literature.
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Pilot study: potential role of vitamin D (Cholecalciferol) in patients with PSA relapse after definitive therapy.
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Plasma vitamin D metabolites and risk of colorectal cancer in women.
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Vitamin D, calcium, and mammographic breast densities.
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Vitamin D2 is much less effective than vitamin D3 in humans.
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Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D, diabetes, and ethnicity in the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.
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Vitamin D and calcium deficits predispose for multiple chronic diseases.
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Calcium, vitamin D, milk consumption, and hip fractures: a prospective study among postmenopausal women.
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Vitamin D and autoimmunity: is vitamin D status an environmental factor affecting autoimmune disease prevalence?
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Vitamin D and multiple sclerosis.
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1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3 reversibly blocks the progression of relapsing encephalomyelitis, a model of multiple sclerosis.
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Vitamin D intake and incidence of multiple sclerosis.
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Higher 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations are associated with better lower-extremity function in both active and inactive persons aged > or =60 y.
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Sunlight and vitamin D for bone health and prevention of autoimmune diseases, cancers, and cardiovascular disease.
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Prevalence of severe hypovitaminosis D in patients with persistent, nonspecific musculoskeletal pain.
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Severe myopathy associated with vitamin D deficiency in western New York.
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Vitamin D3 enhances mood in healthy subjects during winter.
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Effects of a short-term vitamin D and calcium supplementation on body sway and secondary hyperparathyroidism in elderly women.
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Effect of Vitamin D on Falls
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Gene expression analysis suggests that 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 reverses experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis by stimulating inflammatory cell apoptosis.
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Regulation of extrarenal vitamin D metabolism as a tool for colon and prostate cancer prevention.
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Intake of vitamin D and risk of type 1 diabetes: a birth-cohort study.
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Hypovitaminosis D in medical inpatients.
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Phytoestrogens and vitamin D metabolism: a new concept for the prevention and therapy of colorectal, prostate, and mammary carcinomas.
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Hypovitaminosis D among 18-to-49-years-old women wearing concealing clothes, an ignored reality in general practice.
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Optimal vitamin D status for colorectal cancer prevention a quantitative meta analysis.
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Optimal vitamin D status attenuates the age-associated increase in systolic blood pressure in white Americans: results from the third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.
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Interaction among vitamin D(3) analogue KH 1060, TNF-alpha, and vitamin D receptor protein in peripheral blood mononuclear cells of inflammatory bowel disease patients.
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Vitamin D supplementation and total mortality: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.
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Prevalence of vitamin D depletion among subjects seeking advice on osteoporosis: a five-year cross-sectional study with public health implications.
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Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D and risk of post-menopausal breast cancer--results of a large case-control study.
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Vitamin D and calcium supplementation reduces cancer risk: results of a randomized trial.
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Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels and risk of multiple sclerosis.
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Epidemic influenza and vitamin D.
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Vitamin D deficiency in a healthy group of mothers and newborn infants.
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Toll-like receptor triggering of a vitamin D-mediated human antimicrobial response.
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Vitamin D From Dietary Intake and Sunlight Exposure and the Risk of Hormone-Receptor-Defined Breast Cancer.
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Vitamin D insufficiency in a multiethnic cohort of breast cancer survivors.
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Higher serum vitamin D3 levels are associated with better cognitive test performance in patients with Alzheimer's disease.
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Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations and risk for hip fractures.
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Low serum vitamin D levels and tuberculosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
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Vitamin D insufficiency in southern Arizona.
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Hypovitaminosis D in obese children and adolescents: relationship with adiposity, insulin sensitivity, ethnicity, and season.
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Association of vitamin D metabolite levels with relapse rate and disability in multiple sclerosis.
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Preliminary data about the influence of vitamin D status on the loss of body fat in young overweight/obese women following two types of hypocaloric diet.
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Vitamin E:

Serum micronutrient concentrations and decline in physical function among older persons.
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Vitamins E and C in the Prevention of Prostate and Total Cancer in Men: The Physicians' Health Study II Randomized Controlled Trial.
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Waist Circumference:

Regional body fat distribution and metabolic profile in postmenopausal women.
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Waist circumference alone predicts insulin resistance as good as the metabolic syndrome in elderly women.
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Weight Loss:

Fat oxidation during exercise and satiety during recovery are increased following a low-glycemic index breakfast in sedentary women.
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Zinc:

A bioavailability study comparing two oral formulations containing zinc (Zn bis-glycinate vs. Zn gluconate) after a single administration to twelve healthy female volunteers.
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Role of zinc in insulin resistance
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Zinc protects against apoptosis of endothelial cells induced by linoleic acid and tumor necrosis factor alpha.
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Zinc intakes and plasma concentrations in men with osteoporosis: the Rancho Bernardo Study.
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